In memory of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz Aaron Swartz], and in coordination with a [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2JAMm86EJbdFg1TW5tenNJSUt3X2dVVmQ3M08xSlE#gid=0 world-wide effort], Noisebridge will be hosting a hackathon starting '''Friday, January 25th''', and continuing through '''Sunday, January 27th'''.

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In memory of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz Aaron Swartz], and in coordination with a [[Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathons|world-wide effort]], Noisebridge will be hosting a hackathon starting '''Friday, January 25th''', and continuing through '''Sunday, January 27th'''.

== Intro ==

== Intro ==

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(This section adopted from the event description for the [http://hacknight.in/hasgeek/aaronsw-memorial Bangalore hackathon].)

Aaron was a hacktivist and friend of many in our community. He helped create RSS 1.0; contributed to Creative Commons; was an early builder of Reddit, where he's often acknowledged as a co-founder; created the [http://webpy.org/ web.py] framework; and more recently, became a data liberator, first with PACER and then with scholarly articles from JSTOR, both of which got him into trouble with the law.

Aaron was a hacktivist and friend of many in our community. He helped create RSS 1.0; contributed to Creative Commons; was an early builder of Reddit, where he's often acknowledged as a co-founder; created the [http://webpy.org/ web.py] framework; and more recently, became a data liberator, first with PACER and then with scholarly articles from JSTOR, both of which got him into trouble with the law.

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Aaron Swartz committed suicide on Jan. 11, 2013, but his work on making the world a better place should not die with him. Join us for two days of understanding his work and contributing to keep his memory and projects alive.

Aaron Swartz committed suicide on Jan. 11, 2013, but his work on making the world a better place should not die with him. Join us for two days of understanding his work and contributing to keep his memory and projects alive.

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(This section adapted with permission from the [http://hacknight.in/hasgeek/aaronsw-memorial Bangalore hackathon].)

== Event Details ==

== Event Details ==

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'''When''': Roughly Jan. 25-27, exact times TBD

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'''When''': 7pm Jan. 25 - 7pm Jan. 27

'''What''': Come learn new skills and work together on projects that Aaron would have liked. Themes include open information access, sharing and preserving human knowledge, hacking for social/political justice, and techno-activism.

'''What''': Come learn new skills and work together on projects that Aaron would have liked. Themes include open information access, sharing and preserving human knowledge, hacking for social/political justice, and techno-activism.

The event is free, but we'll have donation boxes for purchasing food and project supplies. BYO-snacks-and-energy-drinks.

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The event is free, but we'll have donation boxes for purchasing food and project supplies. BYO-snacks-and-energy-drinks.

== Projects ==

== Projects ==

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There are a bunch of project ideas [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2JAMm86EJbdFg1TW5tenNJSUt3X2dVVmQ3M08xSlE#gid=1 here]. Most of them need someone to be the point of contact.

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Post and gather volunteers for project ideas [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2JAMm86EJbdFg1TW5tenNJSUt3X2dVVmQ3M08xSlE#gid=1 on this spreadsheet]. Most of them need someone to volunteer to be the point of contact.

* Cents Us Dollars Them. (Exploring the distribution of wealth in the United States with data from the US Census API for the Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon : http://cents-us-dollars-them.herokuapp.com/ https://github.com/cgcardona/cents_us)

== Schedule ==

== Schedule ==

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TBD. If you want to give a talk or a workshop, add your info to the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2JAMm86EJbdFg1TW5tenNJSUt3X2dVVmQ3M08xSlE#gid=2 workshop/talks list].

*5 pm: ''Hacktivism: On social justice movements'', [http://www.linkedin.com/in/djabbour Daniel Jabbour]. A brief history of social justice movements, and my own experience with policy reform and hacktivism.

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*6 pm: ''Principles of Low Power Design'', [http://dolemite.wuli.nu/ Alex Newman]. Hardware you have never heard of for more low power.

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*7 pm: ''Improving the Scientific Process through Software'', [http://www.hertzfoundation.org/dx/fellows/fellow_profile.aspx?d=1205 Jacob Steinhardt]. Learn about existing open source projects to improve science, and others that should exist but don't.

*5 pm: ''Scrape ALL the data!'', how to scrape info from web pages with just a little Python, [[user:zestyping | Ping]]

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** Get the scrape module here: http://zesty.ca/python/scrape.py

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** Tutorial and documentation here: http://zesty.ca/scrape/

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** Example of a scrape script that tells you how many users are reading a particular subreddit: http://zesty.ca/python/reddit_users.py

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** Run this script periodically for a week to get a .tsv file, load it into Google Spreadsheets, make a chart out of it, and you get this: [[Media:Reddit-users.png]]. Now you know exactly when to post your cat photos to maximize the eyeballs on it!

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*6 - end: Project demos! Show us what you've worked on this weekend.

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'''Unscheduled / Unconfirmed Events'''

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*DJ set by [http://www.chromatest.net/ Chromatest J. Pantsmaker]

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*DIY Book Scanner workshop

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*Field trip to look for hidden cameras in public places around the Mission

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*[http://www.hotlux.com/angel.htm Ilsa Bartlett] is a "crisis counselor for highly intelligent people (geeks) who need someone to talk to and creates a container of quiet for people to fill with their issues." She will be around to provide counseling during the hackathon.

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*[http://ipadportraits.blogspot.com/ David Newman], ipad portrait artist, showed up and started painting portraits of people hacking on Saturday.

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If you'd like to give a talk/workshop, add it to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai2JAMm86EJbdFg1TW5tenNJSUt3X2dVVmQ3M08xSlE#gid=2.

== Who's going? ==

== Who's going? ==

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[[user:yan]]

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(There's also a [https://www.facebook.com/events/119075571602113/ Facebook Event], if you are so inclined. Sadly, a Facebook login is required to access that page.)

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[[user:yan | yan]]

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[[user:Turkshead | shannon]]

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[[user:Mct| mct]]

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[[user:Davidme | davidme]]

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[[user:judytuna | judytuna]]

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[[user:Lizzard | Liz]]

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[[user:zestyping | Ping]]

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[[user:gardner | gardner!!]]

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[[user:unixjazz | felipe]]

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[[user:Bernie | bernie]]

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[[User:Christie|Christie]]

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== Notes on Demos ==

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https://pad.riseup.net/p/guKU1mPGOlbV

Revision as of 20:34, 27 January 2013

In memory of Aaron Swartz, and in coordination with a world-wide effort, Noisebridge will be hosting a hackathon starting Friday, January 25th, and continuing through Sunday, January 27th.

Contents

Intro

Aaron was a hacktivist and friend of many in our community. He helped create RSS 1.0; contributed to Creative Commons; was an early builder of Reddit, where he's often acknowledged as a co-founder; created the web.py framework; and more recently, became a data liberator, first with PACER and then with scholarly articles from JSTOR, both of which got him into trouble with the law.

Aaron Swartz committed suicide on Jan. 11, 2013, but his work on making the world a better place should not die with him. Join us for two days of understanding his work and contributing to keep his memory and projects alive.

Event Details

When: 7pm Jan. 25 - 7pm Jan. 27

What: Come learn new skills and work together on projects that Aaron would have liked. Themes include open information access, sharing and preserving human knowledge, hacking for social/political justice, and techno-activism.

Run this script periodically for a week to get a .tsv file, load it into Google Spreadsheets, make a chart out of it, and you get this: Media:Reddit-users.png. Now you know exactly when to post your cat photos to maximize the eyeballs on it!

Field trip to look for hidden cameras in public places around the Mission

Ilsa Bartlett is a "crisis counselor for highly intelligent people (geeks) who need someone to talk to and creates a container of quiet for people to fill with their issues." She will be around to provide counseling during the hackathon.

David Newman, ipad portrait artist, showed up and started painting portraits of people hacking on Saturday.